Higher Education (Hansard, 21 January 1992)

§ Mr. Pawsey
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the number of students in advanced education now and in 1979.

§ Mr. Alan Howarth
There were 1,103,700 higher education students in Great Britain institutions in the academic year 1990–91 compared with 777,800 in 1979–8.

§ Mr. Pawsey
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the number of students attending polytechnics this year; and what was the corresponding figure for 1987.

§ Mr. Alan Howarth
There were 317,500 students attending polytechnics in England in the academic year 1990–91, compared with 242,200 in 1987.

§ Mr. Robert Banks
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the number of students currently in higher and university education; and what were the numbers in 1979, 1983 and 1987.

§ Mr. Alan Howarth
The numbers of students in higher education in Great Britain universities, polytechnics and colleges, including the Open university and the centrally funded colleges in Scotland in the years 1979, 1983 and 1987 were 777,800, 871,300 and 1,066,700 respectively. Numbers of students in academic year 1990–91, the latest for which information is available, were 1,103,700.